Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George , wisely , did n't try to compete with guest Gary Moore and simply strummed his way through While my Guitar Gently Weeps as Moore 's Les Paul sobbed inconsolably — but by then it was all over bar the cheering . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , I know you wo n't believe me when I tell you that he doctored that fuel blend to make me look a fool , but one of the boys back in London knows ; he 's going to have my work independently checked before Jason gets home ! ’ |
| 3 | My desk now looks like it 's Christmas . |
| 4 | My parents both died before I left the School of Italian Studies so I had heard nothing about my family for over ten years . |
| 5 | " My husband just crumbled when I felt it was me that needed to crumble and somebody to help me . |
| 6 | Cyclotron resonance by my theory only occurs if the hazardous frequency range lies with the exciting field . |
| 7 | My father once wrote after he had been to the French Legation to dine : " A forty-minute ride across two ravines and a swamp , then a shocking road up to the house on a moonless night is really no fun . " |
| 8 | No such obligation would in my view ordinarily arise where the third party comes into possession of information which , although once confidential , has ceased to be so otherwise than through the agency of the third party . |
| 9 | My mother nearly died when she saw the mess but little did she know that I was going to do it all again the next day . |
| 10 | Undoubtedly Kingston 's favourite verb , it is used again and again to describe the alacrity with which his heroes rush into adventure : by contrast , their enemies often scamper as well , but away from danger rather than towards it , thus implying the superiority of the British race which is taken for granted in the yarns of the last century . |
| 11 | And then her heart almost stopped as she remembered — and wondered instantly how she could ever have forgotten . |
| 12 | The Roman army was now committed to establishing a frontier in difficult terrain and their losses steadily mounted until Scapula , worn out with bitterness and frustration , collapsed and died . |
| 13 | Yet her face reamined tilted up towards his , her lips softly puckered as though to welcome a kiss . |
| 14 | Mildred kept her eyes firmly closed as the chief magician opened the box and intoned the release spell . |
| 15 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
| 16 | Not a muscle of Nan 's face moved , her stroke never faltered as she brushed and watched the flakes fall down on the newspaper she had spread beneath . |
| 17 | WENTWORTH 's Sally Prosser retained her eight-stroke overnight lead when she added a 71 to her opening 64 in the second round of the JAL Malaysia Open at Rahman Putra in Kuala Lumpur yesterday . |
| 18 | In those days marriage was a crucial turning point for a woman for it determined her social rank and their future economically speaking as well as their happiness . |
| 19 | She looked at the reflection of Fergus again , as he pulled the wheel ; the car tunnelled into the forest , the wall of trees on either side a blur , their greenness more remembered than seen . |
| 20 | When his hands cupped her swollen breasts she tilted her head back willingly , her mouth already open as he bent his dark head to hers . |
| 21 | However , their positions are threatened and the impermanence and insecurity of their lives suddenly revealed when the ‘ hinds ’ and farmers begin to demand reform of the bondager system . |
| 22 | The next thing I saw was my kite diving away from me , the roar of its engine gradually fading as it plunged earthwards . |
| 23 | Her hand trembled but she could n't even tear her gaze away to check whether any of the liquid had spilt , as Rune 's low , intense voice continued smoothly . |
| 24 | The Press Complaints Commission is now in operation , and we will monitor its work carefully to see if self-regulation succeeds . |
| 25 | Her ordeal finally ended when her car broke down on the A559 , near Cransley Private School in Great Budworth , Northwich . |
| 26 | But their laughter soon stopped when they saw Sir Hugo 's horse running wildly towards them without a rider . |
| 27 | Getting the car right is far more important than any girlfriend at this moment , ’ Kate answered , her brow already furrowed as she studied the print-outs of the car 's performance . |
| 28 | Each goal is planned for a week but some may possibly require longer ; our dieter will have to take extra time if it is taking her body longer to adjust than she anticipates at the start . |
| 29 | Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home . |
| 30 | In the dream she was smiling , holding out her hands to the man and the children , but her smile slowly faded as she realised they could n't see her . |